Hand-griþ

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hand-griþ

Add: security granted by a person in authority, cf. hand; II. 2 :-- Cyricgrið binnan wágum and cyninges handgrið, Ll. Th. i. 166, 21. Godes cyricgrið and crístenes cynincges handgrið, 358, 261. Gehálgodes cyninges handgrið, Wlfst. 266, 11. hand-griþ